HORVÁTH Gyula

Transdanubian Research Institute

RSA 2010

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Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

Name : Horváth Gyula

Place and date of birth : Kaposvár, October 4th,1951

Marital status : married, three children

Education and training

1974	University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics — graduation. Diploma in Marketing
1977	University of Pécs — Doctor of University in Economics. Title of the doctoral work: Regional Problems of Development of Consumer Co-operatives
1987	Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest — CSc in Economics. Title of the thesis: The Development of the Organization of Regional Economy and its Institutions
1999	Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest — DSc in Economics. Title of the thesis: European Regional Policy
2000	University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics — habilitation

Language skills

Russian (writes, reads, lectures)

Italian (writes, reads, lectures)

English (writes, reads, lectures)

Places of work and employment

1974—1978	HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — junior research fellow
1978—1987	HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — research fellow
1987—1991	HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — head of department
1992—1997	HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — head of institute
1997—	HAS Centre for Regional Studies — director

Teaching activities

1988—	invited lecturer, PTE-KTK Faculty of Agrarian,- Environmental and Regional Economy
1996—	founder member, PTE-KTK, Doctoral School in Regional Policy and Economics
2002—	professor, University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics

Scientific activity

	Buro of the Assembly of European Regions,
	Expert group of the VISION–PLANET Programme,
1993—	Association of European Schools of Planning, Member of the Council of Representatives
1993—	Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Committee of Regional Sciences, member
1994—	Pécsi Tudományegyetem Doktori és Habilitációs Bizottsága, tag
1997—2002	Task Force for European Integration at the Government of Republic of Hungary, member
1998—2003	Elected member of the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, member
2002—2006	Scientific Advisory Board of the Office for Regional Development, Prime Minister’s Office, chairman
2002—	Hungarian Regional Science Association, president
2002—	Academia Europaea (London), member
2005—	Central Euroepan Innovation Area Initiatives, member of the board
2006—	Kossuth- és Széchenyi-díj Bizottság Építészeti, Település- és Területfejlesztési Albizottsága, tag
2008—	Duna-Dráva Területfejlesztési Alapítvány Kuratóriuma, alelnök

Awards

1978	Junior Scientists' Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1982	Junior Scientists' Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1995	Region Developement Award of Baranya County
1998—2001	Holder of Széchenyi Scholarship
1998	Scientific Award of the Regional Committe of the Hungarian Academic of Science
1998	Pro Regio Award
2000	Millenium Award of the City of Pécs
2000	Pro Facultate Oeconomica Award of the University of Miskolc
2000	Award for the Economy of Baranya County of the Pécs-Baranya Commercial Chamber
2001	Pro Communitate Award of the City of Pécs
2001	Academic Award
2002	Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Kaposvár
2005	Medallion for the University of Debrecen
2005	Széchenyi Award

Editorial Membership

1997	Régiók Európája, series editor
2001	Területi Statisztika, member
2002	Yearbook and Habilitations of the Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics of the University of Pécs, member
2002	European Mirror, member
2003	Regions of the Carpathian-Basin, series editor
2006	Külgazdaság, member
2008	Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Oeconomica (Kolozsvár), member
2009	Problems of Geography (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia), member
2009	Region: ekonomika i sociologiya (Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk), member

Subjects taught

Regional development and policy (Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Business and Economics, MSc)

Regional policy (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, MSc)

The basics of territorial development (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, BA)

Comparative European regional policy (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, Doctoral School in Regional Policy and Economics)

Research fields

European regional policy, regional co-operation in Central Europe, and regionalism, restructuring and regional policy in Eastern and Central Europe.

Regional policy

Regional transformation and institutional development in Eastern and Central Europe

Trips abroad

1989	Roskilde Universitetscenter — Denmark
1991	Universita degli Studi di Torino — Italy
1992	University of Strathclyde — United Kingdom
1993	The Irish Agency for Science and Technology — Ireland
1994	Forbairt — Ireland
1998—1999	researcher scholarship — Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy

Presentations

Sofia Universitet, Sofia — Bulgaria

Universita Commerciale di Luigi Bocconi, Milan — Italy

Slezské University v Opavé, Opava — Czech Republic

University of Leeds, Leeds — United Kingdom

Paris VIII., Paris — France

Universitatea Babeş–Bolyai, Cluj Napoca — Romania

Roskilde Universitetscenter, Roskilde — Denmark

Universita Degli Studi di Torino, Torino — Italy

Goszudarsztvennüj Unyiverszitet, Novoszibirszk — Russia

University College Galway, Galway — Ireland

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow — United Kingdom

Universita degli Studi di Ancona, Ancona — Italy

Trinity College, Dublin — Ireland

Publications

Regional Transformation in Russia. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies, HAS. Discussion Papers, 65. 59 p.

The dilemmas of creating regions in Eastern and Central Europe. In: Hajdú, Z. – Illés, I. – Raffay, Z. (eds.): Southeast Europe: State Borders, Cross-border Relations, Spatial Structures. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies, HAS. 2007. 72–98. pp.

Regional disparities and competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Komornicki, T. – Czapiewski, K. Ł. (eds.): New Spatial Relations in new Europe. Warszawa, Polish Academy of Sciences Stanisław Leszczycki Institute of Geographymand Spatial Organization, Centre for European Studies Polish Geographical Society, 2005. 9–25. pp.

Regional challenges and policy responses in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Enyedi, György.–Tózsa István (eds.): The Region: Regional Development Policy, Administration and E-government. Budapest, Akadémai Kiadó. 2004. 149–191. pp. Transition, Competitiveness and Economic Growth 5.

The role of R&D in Hungary. – Collins, Peter (ed.): Towards 3%: Attainment of the Barcelona Target. London, European Academies Science Advisory Council. 2004. 31–36. pp.

Regional policy and development in East-Central Europe. In: Halasi-Kun, G. (ed.): Studies of Environmental Protection in the Carpathian Basin. Budapest, HAS, Department of Earth Science. 2003. Pollution and Water Resources. Columbia University Seminar Proceedings. XXXIII–XXXIV. 243–275. pp.

The future of the regions in Europe. – The Region’s Project for a New Cohesion Policy: the Contribution of Regional Policies to Sustainable Development in Tomorow’s Europe. Strasbourg, Assembly of European Regions. 2003. 137–142. pp.

Landscape, Settlement, Region (in Hungarian). Ed. by Enyedí, Gy.–Horváth, Gy. Budapest, Kossuth Kiadó. 2002. 510 p

Regional development and policy in Central and Eastern Europe. Florence, European Institute. 2002. 32 p.

Regions and Cities in the Global World. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies. 2001. 243 p.

Regions in the European Union. – European Mirror. 1999. March. 58–78. pp.

Hungary on the path to Europe, 1. Regional Policy. Budapest, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office. 1999. 18 p.

Changing Hungarian regional policy and accession to the European Union. – European Urban and Regional Studies. 1999. 2. 166–177. pp.

Policy legislation on cross-border co-operation. In: Kicker, R. – Marko, J. – Steiner, M. (eds.): Changing Borders, Legal and Economic Aspects of European Enlargement. Frankfurt am Main, Lang Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften. 1998. 237–256. pp.

European Regional Policy (in Hungarian). Budapest–Pécs, Dialóg Campus Kiadó. 1998. 502 p.

Perspectives of the European regional development and policy (in Hungarian). – Tér és Társadalom. 1998. 3. 1–26. pp.

Regional and Cohesion Policy in Hungary. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies. 1998. 80 p.

Rise and Decline of the Regions. Regional Development of British Isles (in Hungarian). Pécs, MTA Regionális Kutatások Központja. 1997. 438 p.

The regional policy of the transition in Hungary. – European Spatial Research and Policy. 1996. 2. 39–55. pp.

The Challenge of Regional Policy and Development in Hungary. Glasgow, EPRC, University of Strathclyde. 1996. 64 p. (Co-author: Downes, R.)

Transition and Regionalism in East-Central Europe. Tubingen, Europäisches Zentrum für Föderalismus-Forschung. 1996. 59 p.

Economic reforms in East-Central Europe. In Hardy, S. – Hart, M. et al. (eds.): An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition? London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 1995. 35–52. pp.

European Challenges and Hungarian Responses in Regional Policy, Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies. 1994. 514 p.

Development Strategies in the Alpine-Adriatic Region. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies. 1993. 350 p.